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Christa Pike execution fails: What next when a lethal injection is botched?
Only woman on Tennessee 'death row' is in hospital after two injections failed to kill her.
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Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survives execution attempt
Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, survived Tennessee's effort to execute her by means of lethal injection late on Wednesday, prison officials said, foiling the state's first attempt to put a woman to death in two centuries. Pike's condition following the ordeal was not immediately known, and it was not clear what legal avenues her lawyers or the state might pursue next after she was taken for medical treatment from the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.
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Tennessee halts woman's execution after 'failed' attempt
Christa Pike was found alive and snoring, despite being administered two injections of a lethal drug. The state governor has ordered a review of the botched execution.
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Tennessee death-row prisoner Christa Pike survives lethal injections
Lawyers say Pike was taken away from the prison in an ambulance and is being treated in hospital.
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US appeals court halts Tennessee execution of Christa Pike
Christa Pike was set to become the first woman executed by Tennessee in more than 200 years.
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US Supreme Court clears way for Tennessee execution of woman for murder
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for Tennessee to execute Christa Pike, 50, the state's first woman put to death in 200 years. The ruling came hours after a federal appeals court temporarily halted the lethal injection to consider claims that Pike's childhood sexual abuse was not adequately weighed at sentencing.
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Another case of mental health?: Tennessee prepares to execute the first woman in over 200 years
Christa Pike, 50, is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, September 30, in Tennessee State for the murder of Colleen Slemmer in 1995. His lawyers and international agencies question the death penalty because of the abuse he suffered during his childhood and his mental health, while the victim's mother claims that the sentence be served.
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Tennessee governor declines to halt execution of state's lone woman on death row
If the execution proceeds, Pike would be the first woman put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years.
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Who is and what crime Christa Pike committed, the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in 200 years
Pike's lawyers, who killed a young woman in 1995, claim that she should receive clemency and that if she was tried today she would not be sentenced to death.
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Killer Christa Pike to be executed within days - but her defence say she's a victim too
Lawyers for Pike, who killed a fellow student in 1995, say she should get clemency and would not be sentenced to death if the crime happened today.
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CNN journalists excluded from Trump's displacement
CNN journalists were forbidden to accompany Donald Trump for his scheduled trip to Tennessee on Saturday. Last week, the U.S. president banned access to the White House to three American media, including CNN, but a judge ordered their accreditation to be reinstated.
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CNN removed from Trump press pool despite judge order to reinstate White House access
US news outlet CNN has been removed from a press pool that is accompanying President Donald Trump on a trip to Tennessee on Saturday. Last week, the Trump administration barred CNN, along with MS NOW and Politico, from accessing the White House. A judge then ordered their access temporarily restored, saying the move was likely unconstitutional.
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White House bars CNN from travelling with Trump on Air Force One
CNN was scheduled to fly with US President Donald Trump for his trip to Tennessee on Saturday.
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White House bars CNN from covering upcoming Trump trip, broadcaster says
CNN said its journalists have been barred from accompanying President Donald Trump on his upcoming trip to Tennessee. The episode marks the Trump administration's latest salvo against the major cable news network.
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Nissan eyes increasing U.S. production as new Rogue hybrid launches
Nissan has two production shifts at its assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, and adding another could mean hundreds, if not thousands, of new jobs.